Shock proof gun case



April l2, 1955 c. R. NEAL SHOCK PROOF GUN CASE Filed Aug. 7, 1953 nnnnnnnl crean.

/4 TTUFv-f/va Y United States Patent O SHOCK PROOF GUN CASE Cecil R.Neal, Oswego, Oreg.

Application August 7, 1953, Serial No. 372,861

1 Claim. (Cl. 206-16) This invention relates generally to firearms andparticularly to a shock proof gun case.

The main object of this invention is to provide a gun case especiallyadapted for guns equipped with telescopic sights or other mechanismeasily rendered inoperative if the gun is subjected to severe jars orstrains.

The second object is to make it possible to completely shield andprotect a firearm and its accessories from injury with a minimum amountof effort or expenditure of time.

I accomplish these and other objects in the manner set forth in thefollowing specifications as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich Fig, l is a plan of the opened case, showing a gun in positiontherein.

Fig. 2 is a section taken along the line 2 2 in Fig. 1, the case beingclosed.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the case when closed.

Like numbers of reference refer to the same or similar parts throughoutthe several views.

Referring in detail to the drawing, there is shown an elongated casewhich is divided along the line 11 and joined by the hinges 12 andclamps 13 and a lock 14. A carrying strap 15 is attached to the top side16. There is also provided a handle 17 which is positioned on the side16 above the center of balance of the loaded case 10.

The sides 18 and ends 19 of the case 10 are of wood which is overlaidwith a composition board 21 and 22. The wooden frame is sub-divided bycross members 23 which divides the case into a gun compartment 24 and acompartment 25 in the cover and the compartment 26 in the body of thecase.

The purpose of the members 23 is not merely to form a compartment but toform a diagonal brace across the strong wooden frame, which takes all ofthe shocks. The sides 21 and 22 are of thin composition board and wouldnot serve as shock braces.

All around the gun compartment 24 is a cushion of Patented Apr. 12, 1955ice foam rubber 27 having a gun-shaped recess therein. The compartment24 is lined with fabric 28 as are the compartments 2S and 26.

It can be seen that the gun in the compartment 24 is surrounded 0n allsides vby a heavy padding of foam rubber or its equivalent, therebyprotecting the gun and its accessories from injury or being thrown outof adjustment by the rubber cushion. As shown in the drawing, thecushioning is not visible since it is all faced with a fabric 30 whichmay be of any desired type. The cushion should be thick enough that somepressure is required to close the case, vthereby causing the gun to bepartially imbedded in the cushion when at rest.

I am aware that manytypes of gun cases have been constructed in the pastin which attempts are made to shield the relatively delicate telescopicsights. It is, therefore, not my intention to cover such devices broadlybut I do intend to cover all such forms and modifications thereof asfall fairly within the appended claim.

I claim:

A shock proof gun case comprising a body portion and a cover portion,each ofsaid portions comprising a rectangular frame having top andbottom sides and two ends,

said body frame being of greater thickness than said cover frame, hingesconnecting the bottom sides of said frames, a handle on the top side ofsaid body frame above the center of balance of the loaded case, diagonalbraces in said frames extending from one end near the bottom corner tosaid top sides near the rnid points thereof, said braces being disposedin a common plane when the cover is closed dividing said case into twocompartments, one of said compartments being adapted to hold a gun suchas a rie with the barrel extending along said braces to position themuzzle in said bottom corner and the butt at the other end of the casewith the top of the barrel uppermost, side panels on said framesenclosing said compartments, a cushion filler in the body portion ofsaid gun compartment having a gun-shaped recess, and a cushion filler inthe cover portion of said gun compartment having sucient thickness to becomplressd against a gun in said recess when the cover is c oseReferences Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS192,038 Waterbury June 12, 1877 2,121,982 Pugsley June 28, 19382,282,908 Thompson May 12, 1942 2,531,550 Bradley et al. Nov. 28, 1950

